"Why You Should Stop Telling People What To Do"... Listen, you're confusing Loops and Samples. You might want to be saying using unmodified loops is lazy and uncreative. Ok. But a sample isn't just a loop. It can be just a note, a sound, small pieces of a melody. Being attentive to hear the right moment to sample, taking this raw material, mangling it and turning it into something really different and unheard of (like a sculptor modeling clay) can be way more difficult and creative than taking my guitar (which will always sound like... a guitar) and playing a 4 chords progression I'm sure 1000 songs already use even if I thought I just invented it. Also, why are you opposing sampling and playing instruments ?! This doesn't make sense. Like if, when creating a track, we had to choose between "lazily" using samples 100%, or "bravely" only play instruments. I'll use samples for some parts, I'll play some others, they'll go nicely together, end of the story. Oh, and if you think using exclusively loops and samples to create an album is easy, listen again to Endtroducing by DJ Shadow, and try to create anything as good as he did. And before someone comments "but a sampler isn't a real instrument bro", obviously you're not following the right YT channels because oh boy there are some guys who surf on the MPC like virtuosos.
Yeah, it's a kinda weird take. I love the process of exploring new music and searching for the samples that hits me, and then the meditative journey begins. Just use whatever tools you like and most comfortable to work with and have some fun, that's what it's all about, I believe.
Some will say "a sampler isn't a real instrument" and on the other hand a guy like me will tell you I started playingg music at 10 playing guitar, then I learned bass, piano even took some organ lessons but at 25 I discovered what a sampler was and it's the best and most complex instrument I've learned in my life.
@@95yazid good point and people should know a lot of digital synths today are sampled play back which means they are using samples confined to that unit. So samplers can be a very complex instrument or can be a very simple instrument. It just depends on the person.
Go ahead people. Use your samples. It's okay. But don't just throw a loop into your project and call it a day. CHOP IT UP!! Mangle it with effects. Experiment with it to make it your own. Who knows. You might accidentally cook up a smash hit or two that WON'T get a copyright strike.
Do people actually just take loops from splice and stack them up without doing anything to them?? I thought everyone at least chopped them up and mixed them into something else?
There are no strict rules here. Using loops just leaves you open to copyright strikes, but I would not deter anyone from doing it, especially in hip-hop. Having access to musicians helps in that you might be able to create your own in-house samples. All sampling techniques exist for a reason.
Excellent topic! You are obviously a true musician, so you don't need any crutches. Keeping your chops up is always better for honing your skills. Scaler is an incredible tool to come up with ideas that are not already in your arsenal
Looping is the soul reason hip hop exist. DJ Kool Herc loved Funk and Jazz. When he realized you can extend the drum break and create a steady section that someone can talk over. Thats what came to fluition today. Now obviously the record in which Kool herc took the break from was produced by people playing instruments and thats why you can skip the loop process all together. TLDR - Stop telling people to stop sampling, Just suggest other forms of creating, there is nothing wrong with the orginal way of beat creation.
I'm personally a huge fan of sampling, and I agree that it's one of the best ways to make beats. Sometimes I just need to take a lil break from the usual and expand the creative process.
If you sample an actual song or a loop and manipulate it in a way to create something new it’s an art form… if you just drag and drop loops it’s basically something a trained chimpanzee could do. 🤗 that’s what a lot of so called „producers“ do and the beat could be recreated in like 30 seconds. There will be comments now calling me whatever but it is what it is. You can create an instrumental with a sample library guys… but that is not really making music and you’re not original. 🤷🏻♂️
@@ThxttiesWorld there's creative looping/sampling & then there's what this guy is criticizing. You'll never evolve as a musician if all you can manage is drag&dropping from Splice, since you then become a slave to the sound, where you should be the one in control. It's all about balance & harmony, sampling is a tool but a music producer should be a musician first because there's simply a certain beauty of pulling of something that's your own.
Everyone just think for yourself. Noone else can tell you to create how you want to create. This guy's feelings is his of his own about his own craft. He cant tell you how or what you should do with your music.
I totally agree with your point. However, the issue isn't so much as not sampling, but using samplers in a DIFFERENT capacity. The sampler was initially created to sample sounds that most could not afford and/or to have access to a huge library of actual sounds. In most cases actual instruments and nature sounds and/or special effects and foley. Good message though.👍🏿💯
You can tell people aren’t willing to try different things in this comment section. I sample too but being able to pick your own things can really help you discover your sound better. Coz it’s coming straight from your heart. You should be able to make songs in many different ways, not just sampling.
Way back when I started, I had a poilcy: Never sample anything you can't play yourself. Learn the mic techniques, learn how to tune the drums, practice your timing. It took me MONTHS to get James Brown Funky Drummer right.
My whole sound is sampling soul songs and chopping them to say something original. I dont think it takes any less skill, or is less original, or makes me feel like less of a musician. For comparison, clicking in a popular western chord progression is actually less original and less skillful. Imo, Its all about the producer's effort to fully showcase their creativity.
I sample but I have definitely struggled with this myself. it’s just something inside me. I can’t just add a loop and let it be. I have to add my own touch and take it in a different direction. I have also learned to play things that I never thought I could. No matter what you do make it your own sound. I stay in my own lane.
I've been in a studio with really great horn players trying for hours to get the vibe of a '70s reggae horn section and after 2 days of guys that play top-shelf jazz, R&B, and rock horns not fully dialing it in the producer just went "F it, we'll use the sample". The top reason for sample use is that you can't really reproduce the gear, the culture, and the magic of a moment in time of audio history.
Hey bro, I wish you the best in your journey and life! I have been having issues with samples in the same degree, so I dropped samples and got a seaboard rise 2, I just now purchased a kontakt s88 mk 2 so now I have everything I need along with a solid kontakt library and I’m finna take off with ya bro best of luck. Great content
The further you remove this artform from the South Bronx it seems the less people understand the artform, or the less homework they feel like they have to do. Sampling is an artform homeboy. Like any other, you can be lazy and reduce it to "non-creativity" or being "lazy", OR, you can put time into it and make it art that can move anybody. The same can be done with photography. Keep in mind you are talking to someone who can also play an instrument- and let me tell you, putting some lazy chords on a track and singing out of key will not make your song interesting or artistically viable. Your version (the lazy version) of sampling is going on splice, finding a perfect loop and dragging it onto the timeline. Do you actually think this is what Pete Rock is doing? What Marley Marl is doing? No. Is your music more interesting than DJ Premier's? Diamond D? Prince Paul? RZA? A resounding NO. Do yourself and the Hip Hop/Sampling community a favor and come out with another video explaining your lazy understanding of the artform before I myself come out with a video in response to yours lighting your ass up. Because you're no different than a bad painter who criticizes the collage artist because the imagery they are using came from a few magazines and isn't "original". Is your painting better? Not really. If you want to talk about LAZY let's talk about making music with Arcade, Scaler, and using input quantize.
@@DaddysWorking My bad if that paragraph came off a bit harsh man, but sometimes these "takes" are just too short sighted to not put a two sense in. Sampling IS the culture. Had to defend it.
No I feel you 100% My point here is that I've noticed a lack of creativity when it comes to the prevalence of loops and how microwaved a lot of producers are starting to sound. The art form of sampling and chopping is completely different.
@@DaddysWorking Word up man. You a cool dude. My bad again if there was too much hot sauce on that comment, I think sometimes when you love something you defend it like it's your kid or something lol You got a subscriber. Keep up the good work
I tend to make my own drumloops but I sample other musical parts. Grammy award winning producers still use loops to make the hits that we praise. Sometimes, not knowing how a song was made is its strength. People tend to like your beat until you tell them that you sampled the loop and the drums. The most important thing here should be the end product, how we got there should not matter.
I feel this way with all the NI drum packs.. its so easy and quick to put something together but I dont feel any joy in doing so as it was just playing a beat from a premade kit. they do sound amazing but I could easily just delete all the NI drum kits that I own.., or just keep a couple
Here's a helpful tip for those days you got beat block, can't make of finish a beat, go through your drum samples or even sample your drum machine and make the fattest kicks and/or pick the great sounds out of your kits/loop packs put them all into one folder, so when your ready to return you will be returning to use that drum kit you made. This is what helped me out big time I sampled my Novation Circuit drum machine and then I added all kinds of fx so I have some wild sounds.
I've never used another person song,I have used loops to start a project when I have a block 🚫, but always wanted to start from scratch and be original
14:52 He's not trying to discredit sampling he samples and uses MIDI some times it is about expanding your creative process. Creating from scratch is just as beneficial as sampling if not more.
I feel what you are saying, but the bottom line i, it doesn't matter !! If it's your own original composition, a crafty put together chopped up sample or dope loop, if it's not banging or appealing to your fans or audience, no one's going to buy or listen to it. It's a cold reality , but very true !! People want to feel energy and if it's not in the music, you are wasting your time. This is my general thought on this topic, nothing personal. Keep doing your thing !
it does matter once you run into IP/copyright laws, tons of very successful songs lost nearly full ownership of royalties for using samples lazily/carelessly.
@@deebaker4671 ........This assume that you can actually afford to pay what the copyright holder demands. There's countless examples where tracks get pulled for this reason or that simply the holder won't grant the permission even if you do offer them money. If all you're interested in though is dropping your own own beats at parties etc. then go for it...... Don't let that stand in your way.
@@airfixx_8952 That is true about the tracks not getting cleared, so I will agree with you on that, but at the end of the day it is just music. I just enjoy it
As Sampling being an Art since the 60's. I myself lean more towards Composing my own. It challenges myself, challenges my creativity, and really rewarding when i make something actually catchy. That's just my opinnion.
I never got into sampling though i respect it, especially when producers do it right (not just loop shit) but ive always done original stuff from scratch which it can get a bit hard bcuz sometimes it takes a while to come up with original melodies in which in sampling u can play with chops and find stuff a bit easier
You make a good point about what I call “paint by numbers” lazy-looping and shared sample libraries. Presets. I think the mistake is to conflate those workflow approaches to _sampling_ via hardware with something like an sp-1200.🤌 Also technically, you are sampling through the very act of recording digital audio. ☝️🤓
Good video. I see where you're coming from, but I think it's important for both producers and the general public to understand something. The moment you started playing the drums on the MK3, you were sampling again. People often think of sampling as pulling an 8-bar hook from an old soul song, but it's much more than that. Unless you're sitting behind a full drum set, playing every keyboard, strumming every guitar, and thumping every bass line live, you're using samples. Especially if you're producing from home. It's just the nature of modern music production. Take Kontakt, for example - it’s literally a sample player. So even if you're not dropping in a full loop, you're still using pre-recorded sounds. Now, I totally get your point, and I respect the idea of making music without relying on loops. But the reality is, sampling is embedded in how most of us create music today. Even the drum sounds you used come from somewhere else.
Your own loop sound like R.Kelly’s Etcetera. My advice is; - start with drums - picture story, lyrically. Think of the vocals. Maybe ur own voice as part of the dem - and now fill it with other instruments -
It's not about using samples it's how you use 'em, just get creative make it your own. To just dragging a melody loop over a drum loop and calling it a day isn't really you at your best. To stop sampling be crazy.
I use synths and single shot samples. In my opinion it's better to have strong melody than too many sounds. I don't get impressed by sounds most of the time. But strong melody yes, rhythm good mix yes, only than sounds matter to me.
If you’re throwing a loop down and slapping drums on top of it then yea don’t sample. There are so many ways to chop samples and re arrange samples. If you’re grabbing a loop and not doing anything to it then slapping drums on it then stop. I agree, if you have instruments or the ability to play / learn an instrument then use it. More tools in the tool belt ya know
Use samples, totally OK. Time is money and most production houses use them, loops no, melodies from splice no. Drum samples, keep going, totally fine. I would not use drum loops or melodies or even sampled chords. The only thing I use is drum samples, one shots. I also use midi packs and manipulate them as I dont play any instruments. I lean on captain chords, i import my manipulated midi into captain chodes and then use captain melody to give me a head start and then manipulate that further. All of my tracks have been created this way, as long as you know how to take that stuff and make it yours you will be fine. When it comes to distribution and monetisation, most wont want you using splice or other sample packs. Whatever sample you use, add your favour to every single sample. Only time I will use loops, is to drop them in for some inspiration, but I will switch them out after.
I'm only just starting to make music, but I never got into using stuff from splice. I play the guitar and I'm learning the keys, and it sure isn't easy - but just like you said i stumble over chords or melodies that make me want to create a song to it. But one day I sure wanna learn sampling as well, there's so much creativity and technicality as well, i mean just listen to Discovery from Daft Punkt. I'm also not quite sure if experimental soundscapes can come out of playing normal instruments as easily.... What do you think?
Sampling is a highly creative, virtually limitless artform......... Especially if you're willing to put the work into digging your own samples (or sampling yourself); rather than just lazily browsing Splice.
Relief at 2:23 when background music stopped. It is distracting from what you are saying and too loud. If must use it then cut volume in half. Try it. ps Ableton is full of samples.
The thing about sampling is that you are using other people's ideas and mashing them up together to create something new, but the same samples are used by millions, so its more like borrowed music and its important to know music theory in order to be a musician, otherwise you are not a genuine musician who doesnt even know what a B flat scale is or whata F minor 7th chord is. When you make your own chords you are opening up a whole new world of music and you are expressing your own feelings through those chords, bass lines and drum progressions, its hard work but at the end you feel fulfilled thats its your own personal creation.
"the same samples are used by millions"...... Entirely depends on what you're sampling and what you intend to do with those samples. You seem to have a very narrow view of what sampling is. (Even if you're talking about sampling other peoples music from vinyl back in the 80s/90s; there's instances where it's literally taken decades for someone to identify what the source material was.) What's more; "you are not a genuine musician [if you don't] even know what a B flat scale is or what a F minor 7th chord is"...... This simply isn't true..... Again, your take is very narrow/stringent........ There are countless drummers, vocalists - and yes; producers too - that don't have a fluent grasp of classical music theory that have given birth to critically and/or popular acclaimed music over the decades. Your outlook would have been a deterrent to such music being made.
Anyway, who needs tune sampling in nowaday if your know the task. we aint in 94 no more. there are clever and interesting methods of sampling, using micro samples or just using one shots or even waveforms to cycle, but in terms of taking a piece of something, regarding how all those compagnys are specialising in doing you to get max benefit, you might aswell learn sound design and basics of music theory, anyways that's how you grow yourself and evolve within your personal musical journey. Now there's sampling and sampling, i never had respect for guys like puff taking four bars and looping 'em. there was a time where hip hop came from beat juggling and techniques passing from the turn tablist to producers via the sampler, but man that's been rinced, i was relistening to that ice-t tune "99 problems the other day, and i kow where that nasty sax sample comes from (jb session what a surprise huh), that use of a piece was really cool imo, but it's been done, y'aint gonna punch a hole in no ones ass with dat lind of techniques dat fa shure... analog synths and drum machines was rinced aswell, and i love gfunk or booty bass, but we in 2025, get pigment, or phaseplant, or the new synclavier regen and learn sound design technology, learn basic chord charts and techniques to get your basic triads expanded, watch vids about those two topics, and in a couple of years, you will eventually be making stuff that is you for real. No secret, making it happen and being part of the history is gonna need work, work and more work. you are not gonna make it happen by doing something that has been done a million times, equipe yourself with skills. same for communication, it'z not gonna explode from the blue, no plateform will do nothing for you, you need to catch attention.... Be creative, be original, make your own shit that no one did b4, and you might, with good luck, catch a crowds attention. Take a couple years to learn you skills
New sub! Question for you. Looks like you’ve got a lotta gear to make your music. What all would you say is needed, at a minimum, to get started making music? Hardware & software.
Thanks! As far as gear goes, at a minimum you would need a computer and a DAW (some are actually free) but if I had to pick 3 things besides that, I'd go with an audio interface, decent headphones, and maybe a small controller, like an mpk mini. I'll be making a video about this pretty soon!
Start small and simple and just learn the hell out of whatever gear you have. Your ideas and creativity will always be your greatest weapon.............. Having a room full of vintage analogue gear and $10ks worth of plug-ins won't make you a good musician........ It's really easy to get 'addicted' to new toys, but unless you spend time with them it's just a waste of money.
If you’re throwing a loop down and slapping drums on top of it then yea don’t sample. There are so many ways to chop samples and re arrange samples. If you’re grabbing a loop and not doing anything to it then slapping drums on it then stop.
Sounds like a „quit cr0n video“ 😅 I guess he means loops and layers. Bc: why should one not use single processed drum hit samples like from samples from mars?
I'm really just hoping this inspires new producers and beatmakers to explore other creative options besides the current endemic of microwaved loop-based beats. It's good to expand the workflow, and since the kids like to use loops and samples interchangeably, this is definitely for them. If you wanna see me sample fr, check this out: ruclips.net/video/pb5JUoSQBu0/видео.html
You're kind of highlighting my point here. I made sure to protect the actual art form of chopping and sampling. A lot of beginners develop a very microwaved sound because of the lack of creativity that "sample" packs perpetuate. I used to have the wrong mindset towards it, and didn't understand the value in what real sampling actually is. I made music for years, chopping my own samples and playing my own instruments before I came across loops, which made everything way too easy and resulted in that same lack of originality. Loops are great for beginners and a great way to start learning how to sample and manipulate audio as long as they don't get stuck using loop packs forever. I hope this video helps some people see a way out of that loop (no pun intended 😂)
If you know what you're doing and what you like, sampling is a great creative medium. This video should serve to inspire especially new producers to change up their workflow and try new things so they don't perpetuate the endemic wave of microwaved beats created from ran-through splice loops. They call it sampling, so used loops and samples interchangeably, understanding that real sampling is an art form in and if itself. I'm personally a huge fan of sampling, and agree that it's one of the best ways to make beats. Sometimes just need to take a lil break from the usual and expand the creative process.
maybe stop using samples that's available to everyone from splice and places like that. Start digging deep and find obscure samples from records, tapes, old vhs, video games etc and getting creative with them.
Bruh, hip hop was literally founded on sampling and most ppl (non musicians) love sampled beats. You can't tell people HOW to be creative. Pointless video
If you know what you're doing and what you like, sampling is a great creative medium. This video should serve to inspire especially new producers to change up their workflow and try new things so they don't perpetuate the endemic wave of microwaved beats created from ran-through splice loops. They call it sampling, so I used loops and samples interchangeably, understanding that real sampling is an art form in and if itself.
why you should question stop using samples.. maybe you just not creative enough chopping samples and thats not the idea making samples by using loops... well i think you are confused yourself like some other people who just use loops and say they made a beat .... i opened the video with the idea you was going to use some analog instruments hahhahaha But you come with this bullshit talk about that you shouldnt using "samples"loops and shows that yourself didnt put in enough time trying to be creative.... you need to put in time to different yourself from others to be a better artist....
If you’re throwing a loop down and slapping drums on top of it then yea don’t sample. There are so many ways to chop samples and re arrange samples. If you’re grabbing a loop and not doing anything to it then slapping drums on it then stop.
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I’m still sampling
Facts.
I grew up in the digging in the crates era I can make a beat without sampling but nothing like finding a dope sample and flipping it.
Facts
same here. Boom-bap without samples is just not it.
Samples are for winners
boo this man ! im gonna sample this video
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"Why You Should Stop Telling People What To Do"... Listen, you're confusing Loops and Samples. You might want to be saying using unmodified loops is lazy and uncreative. Ok. But a sample isn't just a loop. It can be just a note, a sound, small pieces of a melody. Being attentive to hear the right moment to sample, taking this raw material, mangling it and turning it into something really different and unheard of (like a sculptor modeling clay) can be way more difficult and creative than taking my guitar (which will always sound like... a guitar) and playing a 4 chords progression I'm sure 1000 songs already use even if I thought I just invented it.
Also, why are you opposing sampling and playing instruments ?! This doesn't make sense. Like if, when creating a track, we had to choose between "lazily" using samples 100%, or "bravely" only play instruments. I'll use samples for some parts, I'll play some others, they'll go nicely together, end of the story.
Oh, and if you think using exclusively loops and samples to create an album is easy, listen again to Endtroducing by DJ Shadow, and try to create anything as good as he did.
And before someone comments "but a sampler isn't a real instrument bro", obviously you're not following the right YT channels because oh boy there are some guys who surf on the MPC like virtuosos.
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Yeah, it's a kinda weird take. I love the process of exploring new music and searching for the samples that hits me, and then the meditative journey begins. Just use whatever tools you like and most comfortable to work with and have some fun, that's what it's all about, I believe.
@@beataddict5475well said….
Some will say "a sampler isn't a real instrument" and on the other hand a guy like me will tell you I started playingg music at 10 playing guitar, then I learned bass, piano even took some organ lessons but at 25 I discovered what a sampler was and it's the best and most complex instrument I've learned in my life.
@@95yazid good point and people should know a lot of digital synths today are sampled play back which means they are using samples confined to that unit. So samplers can be a very complex instrument or can be a very simple instrument. It just depends on the person.
Good points about testing your own musicality. I ain't mad at this.
Go ahead people. Use your samples. It's okay. But don't just throw a loop into your project and call it a day. CHOP IT UP!! Mangle it with effects. Experiment with it to make it your own. Who knows. You might accidentally cook up a smash hit or two that WON'T get a copyright strike.
Do people actually just take loops from splice and stack them up without doing anything to them??
I thought everyone at least chopped them up and mixed them into something else?
@@Leejohnsonpt There's a lot of songs i've heard on radio and i swear its the same loops i've heard on splice, even the same drum loops
@@Leejohnsonpt Yes bro! That is exactly the laziness he is speaking against. 🤦🏽♂
@@Leejohnsonptyes they do 😂😂
There are no strict rules here. Using loops just leaves you open to copyright strikes, but I would not deter anyone from doing it, especially in hip-hop. Having access to musicians helps in that you might be able to create your own in-house samples. All sampling techniques exist for a reason.
Excellent topic! You are obviously a true musician, so you don't need any crutches. Keeping your chops up is always better for honing your skills. Scaler is an incredible tool to come up with ideas that are not already in your arsenal
Looping is the soul reason hip hop exist. DJ Kool Herc loved Funk and Jazz. When he realized you can extend the drum break and create a steady section that someone can talk over. Thats what came to fluition today. Now obviously the record in which Kool herc took the break from was produced by people playing instruments and thats why you can skip the loop process all together.
TLDR - Stop telling people to stop sampling, Just suggest other forms of creating, there is nothing wrong with the orginal way of beat creation.
I'm personally a huge fan of sampling, and I agree that it's one of the best ways to make beats. Sometimes I just need to take a lil break from the usual and expand the creative process.
@@DaddysWorking Expand is the correct word choice. respect the reply
If you sample an actual song or a loop and manipulate it in a way to create something new it’s an art form… if you just drag and drop loops it’s basically something a trained chimpanzee could do. 🤗 that’s what a lot of so called „producers“ do and the beat could be recreated in like 30 seconds. There will be comments now calling me whatever but it is what it is. You can create an instrumental with a sample library guys… but that is not really making music and you’re not original. 🤷🏻♂️
@@chewkas Again looping is the original form of Hip Hop
@@ThxttiesWorld there's creative looping/sampling & then there's what this guy is criticizing. You'll never evolve as a musician if all you can manage is drag&dropping from Splice, since you then become a slave to the sound, where you should be the one in control.
It's all about balance & harmony, sampling is a tool but a music producer should be a musician first because there's simply a certain beauty of pulling of something that's your own.
making your own samples is pretty cool tho.
I started using samples loops now my life became easier.
Why you should stop putting limits and rules on a creative process
ima sample this video now
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Everyone just think for yourself. Noone else can tell you to create how you want to create. This guy's feelings is his of his own about his own craft. He cant tell you how or what you should do with your music.
Indeed 😊
I do so much to my samples that it’s usually way different from the original
I totally agree with your point. However, the issue isn't so much as not sampling, but using samplers in a DIFFERENT capacity. The sampler was initially created to sample sounds that most could not afford and/or to have access to a huge library of actual sounds. In most cases actual instruments and nature sounds and/or special effects and foley.
Good message though.👍🏿💯
Just cuz it’s original doesn’t mean the crowd will appreciate your hard work….work smart
sometimes its not about the crowd
@@drakesayshi3321 when you DJ you will understand
If u a DJ this simply doesn’t apply
@@l.u.i.s.g.u.s you have much to learn lol
@@l.u.i.s.g.u.sDjs are the Glue big dawg
You can tell people aren’t willing to try different things in this comment section. I sample too but being able to pick your own things can really help you discover your sound better. Coz it’s coming straight from your heart. You should be able to make songs in many different ways, not just sampling.
Way back when I started, I had a poilcy: Never sample anything you can't play yourself.
Learn the mic techniques, learn how to tune the drums, practice your timing.
It took me MONTHS to get James Brown Funky Drummer right.
My whole sound is sampling soul songs and chopping them to say something original. I dont think it takes any less skill, or is less original, or makes me feel like less of a musician. For comparison, clicking in a popular western chord progression is actually less original and less skillful. Imo, Its all about the producer's effort to fully showcase their creativity.
I think he ain't actually talking about sampling. He's talking about those shitty sample packs that are premade
you absolutely have a point, i get many clients especially because i dont use splice loops, also sampling > samples
I will never stop!
Nice! I agree to change things up sometimes
Newsflash, every single note of that piano was sampled. 😅
bruh you know what he means
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I sample but I have definitely struggled with this myself.
it’s just something inside me.
I can’t just add a loop and let it be.
I have to add my own touch and take it in a different direction.
I have also learned to play things that I never thought I could.
No matter what you do make it your own sound.
I stay in my own lane.
I've been in a studio with really great horn players trying for hours to get the vibe of a '70s reggae horn section and after 2 days of guys that play top-shelf jazz, R&B, and rock horns not fully dialing it in the producer just went "F it, we'll use the sample". The top reason for sample use is that you can't really reproduce the gear, the culture, and the magic of a moment in time of audio history.
Of course. You have to get it cleared and give up publishing and writing credit and money
Hey bro, I wish you the best in your journey and life! I have been having issues with samples in the same degree, so I dropped samples and got a seaboard rise 2, I just now purchased a kontakt s88 mk 2 so now I have everything I need along with a solid kontakt library and I’m finna take off with ya bro best of luck. Great content
The further you remove this artform from the South Bronx it seems the less people understand the artform, or the less homework they feel like they have to do. Sampling is an artform homeboy. Like any other, you can be lazy and reduce it to "non-creativity" or being "lazy", OR, you can put time into it and make it art that can move anybody. The same can be done with photography. Keep in mind you are talking to someone who can also play an instrument- and let me tell you, putting some lazy chords on a track and singing out of key will not make your song interesting or artistically viable. Your version (the lazy version) of sampling is going on splice, finding a perfect loop and dragging it onto the timeline. Do you actually think this is what Pete Rock is doing? What Marley Marl is doing? No. Is your music more interesting than DJ Premier's? Diamond D? Prince Paul? RZA? A resounding NO. Do yourself and the Hip Hop/Sampling community a favor and come out with another video explaining your lazy understanding of the artform before I myself come out with a video in response to yours lighting your ass up. Because you're no different than a bad painter who criticizes the collage artist because the imagery they are using came from a few magazines and isn't "original". Is your painting better? Not really. If you want to talk about LAZY let's talk about making music with Arcade, Scaler, and using input quantize.
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@@DaddysWorking Bro it does not seem from your video like you agree with this at all lol
@@DaddysWorking My bad if that paragraph came off a bit harsh man, but sometimes these "takes" are just too short sighted to not put a two sense in. Sampling IS the culture. Had to defend it.
No I feel you 100%
My point here is that I've noticed a lack of creativity when it comes to the prevalence of loops and how microwaved a lot of producers are starting to sound. The art form of sampling and chopping is completely different.
@@DaddysWorking Word up man. You a cool dude. My bad again if there was too much hot sauce on that comment, I think sometimes when you love something you defend it like it's your kid or something lol You got a subscriber. Keep up the good work
I tend to make my own drumloops but I sample other musical parts. Grammy award winning producers still use loops to make the hits that we praise. Sometimes, not knowing how a song was made is its strength. People tend to like your beat until you tell them that you sampled the loop and the drums. The most important thing here should be the end product, how we got there should not matter.
I feel this way with all the NI drum packs.. its so easy and quick to put something together but I dont feel any joy in doing so as it was just playing a beat from a premade kit. they do sound amazing but I could easily just delete all the NI drum kits that I own.., or just keep a couple
Here's a helpful tip for those days you got beat block, can't make of finish a beat, go through your drum samples or even sample your drum machine and make the fattest kicks and/or pick the great sounds out of your kits/loop packs put them all into one folder, so when your ready to return you will be returning to use that drum kit you made. This is what helped me out big time I sampled my Novation Circuit drum machine and then I added all kinds of fx so I have some wild sounds.
👍 Can't know the good advice you provided here.
- still gonna sample tho lmao
I've never used another person song,I have used loops to start a project when I have a block 🚫, but always wanted to start from scratch and be original
you can be original in sampling and totally unoriginal starting from scratch it doesn't mean shit, also being original sometimes is just not the call
This is your feelings, and you shouldn't try to persuade everyone else to do what you have done. Let everyone have freedom to do whatever they like.
Yo check this out!
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14:52 He's not trying to discredit sampling he samples and uses MIDI some times it is about expanding your creative process. Creating from scratch is just as beneficial as sampling if not more.
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I agree, I stop sampling years ago, and started creating my own sounds in FL Studio
So you synthezise all sounds yourself? If not, you are using samples
I never sample I teach myself how to make my own sound and loops
I feel what you are saying, but the bottom line i, it doesn't matter !! If it's your own original composition, a crafty put together chopped up sample or dope loop, if it's not banging or appealing to your fans or audience, no one's going to buy or listen to it. It's a cold reality , but very true !! People want to feel energy and if it's not in the music, you are wasting your time. This is my general thought on this topic, nothing personal. Keep doing your thing !
it does matter once you run into IP/copyright laws, tons of very successful songs lost nearly full ownership of royalties for using samples lazily/carelessly.
@LUFFYLOVESLOFI Then pay for the sample. No one said not to pay the artist ! Sampling is still an artwork when it's done right.
@@deebaker4671 ........This assume that you can actually afford to pay what the copyright holder demands.
There's countless examples where tracks get pulled for this reason or that simply the holder won't grant the permission even if you do offer them money.
If all you're interested in though is dropping your own own beats at parties etc. then go for it...... Don't let that stand in your way.
@airfixx_8952 Tracklib is very affordable !
@@airfixx_8952 That is true about the tracks not getting cleared, so I will agree with you on that, but at the end of the day it is just music. I just enjoy it
Your video is on point. Don't mind the backlash. Continue to be great✊🏾
Thanks!
As Sampling being an Art since the 60's. I myself lean more towards Composing my own. It challenges myself, challenges my creativity, and really rewarding when i make something actually catchy. That's just my opinnion.
I never got into sampling though i respect it, especially when producers do it right (not just loop shit) but ive always done original stuff from scratch which it can get a bit hard bcuz sometimes it takes a while to come up with original melodies in which in sampling u can play with chops and find stuff a bit easier
I’ll loop but I can play keys well enough to make it.
Agreed, thought I was the only one!
I make my own loops and sample those.
Why do people think music over firing the vocal message is a good idea is realy weird to me
Aaah finally to a piece where I can listen without it haha
It was an accident 😭
You make a good point about what I call “paint by numbers” lazy-looping and shared sample libraries. Presets. I think the mistake is to conflate those workflow approaches to _sampling_ via hardware with something like an sp-1200.🤌
Also technically, you are sampling through the very act of recording digital audio.
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Good video. I see where you're coming from, but I think it's important for both producers and the general public to understand something. The moment you started playing the drums on the MK3, you were sampling again. People often think of sampling as pulling an 8-bar hook from an old soul song, but it's much more than that.
Unless you're sitting behind a full drum set, playing every keyboard, strumming every guitar, and thumping every bass line live, you're using samples. Especially if you're producing from home. It's just the nature of modern music production. Take Kontakt, for example - it’s literally a sample player. So even if you're not dropping in a full loop, you're still using pre-recorded sounds.
Now, I totally get your point, and I respect the idea of making music without relying on loops. But the reality is, sampling is embedded in how most of us create music today. Even the drum sounds you used come from somewhere else.
Just be creative people, if u build on a loop, so let it be! Just have have fun and be creative.
Salute Brother! Thanks for the video!
Your own loop sound like R.Kelly’s Etcetera. My advice is;
- start with drums
- picture story, lyrically. Think of the vocals. Maybe ur own voice as part of the dem
- and now fill it with other instruments
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It's not about using samples it's how you use 'em, just get creative make it your own. To just dragging a melody loop over a drum loop and calling it a day isn't really you at your best. To stop sampling be crazy.
You right, how do you like this?
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Sample is the essence...you can make a song that is from samples without anyone knowing what samples you used...just be creative
me when the entire genre i make is literally built off of samples and loops
I use synths and single shot samples. In my opinion it's better to have strong melody than too many sounds. I don't get impressed by sounds most of the time. But strong melody yes, rhythm good mix yes, only than sounds matter to me.
If you’re throwing a loop down and slapping drums on top of it then yea don’t sample. There are so many ways to chop samples and re arrange samples. If you’re grabbing a loop and not doing anything to it then slapping drums on it then stop. I agree, if you have instruments or the ability to play / learn an instrument then use it. More tools in the tool belt ya know
Use samples, totally OK. Time is money and most production houses use them, loops no, melodies from splice no. Drum samples, keep going, totally fine. I would not use drum loops or melodies or even sampled chords. The only thing I use is drum samples, one shots. I also use midi packs and manipulate them as I dont play any instruments. I lean on captain chords, i import my manipulated midi into captain chodes and then use captain melody to give me a head start and then manipulate that further.
All of my tracks have been created this way, as long as you know how to take that stuff and make it yours you will be fine.
When it comes to distribution and monetisation, most wont want you using splice or other sample packs. Whatever sample you use, add your favour to every single sample.
Only time I will use loops, is to drop them in for some inspiration, but I will switch them out after.
Do what you wanna do stop letting people on youtube tell you what to do
I'm only just starting to make music, but I never got into using stuff from splice. I play the guitar and I'm learning the keys, and it sure isn't easy - but just like you said i stumble over chords or melodies that make me want to create a song to it.
But one day I sure wanna learn sampling as well, there's so much creativity and technicality as well, i mean just listen to Discovery from Daft Punkt.
I'm also not quite sure if experimental soundscapes can come out of playing normal instruments as easily.... What do you think?
Sampling is a highly creative, virtually limitless artform......... Especially if you're willing to put the work into digging your own samples (or sampling yourself); rather than just lazily browsing Splice.
Relief at 2:23 when background music stopped. It is distracting from what you are saying and too loud. If must use it then cut volume in half. Try it. ps Ableton is full of samples.
The thing about sampling is that you are using other people's ideas and mashing them up together to create something new, but the same samples are used by millions, so its more like borrowed music and its important to know music theory in order to be a musician, otherwise you are not a genuine musician who doesnt even know what a B flat scale is or whata F minor 7th chord is. When you make your own chords you are opening up a whole new world of music and you are expressing your own feelings through those chords, bass lines and drum progressions, its hard work but at the end you feel fulfilled thats its your own personal creation.
"the same samples are used by millions"...... Entirely depends on what you're sampling and what you intend to do with those samples. You seem to have a very narrow view of what sampling is. (Even if you're talking about sampling other peoples music from vinyl back in the 80s/90s; there's instances where it's literally taken decades for someone to identify what the source material was.)
What's more; "you are not a genuine musician [if you don't] even know what a B flat scale is or what a F minor 7th chord is"...... This simply isn't true..... Again, your take is very narrow/stringent........ There are countless drummers, vocalists - and yes; producers too - that don't have a fluent grasp of classical music theory that have given birth to critically and/or popular acclaimed music over the decades.
Your outlook would have been a deterrent to such music being made.
The background music is a bit too loud
Thanks for letting me know! I can't really change it now, but I'll look out for it next time 💪🏾
What about interpolation vs sampling from the real master . It might be easier to create out own stuff!!
One thing is you have to have permission and sign before using . If so law suit
Anyway, who needs tune sampling in nowaday if your know the task. we aint in 94 no more. there are clever and interesting methods of sampling, using micro samples or just using one shots or even waveforms to cycle, but in terms of taking a piece of something, regarding how all those compagnys are specialising in doing you to get max benefit, you might aswell learn sound design and basics of music theory, anyways that's how you grow yourself and evolve within your personal musical journey. Now there's sampling and sampling, i never had respect for guys like puff taking four bars and looping 'em. there was a time where hip hop came from beat juggling and techniques passing from the turn tablist to producers via the sampler, but man that's been rinced, i was relistening to that ice-t tune "99 problems the other day, and i kow where that nasty sax sample comes from (jb session what a surprise huh), that use of a piece was really cool imo, but it's been done, y'aint gonna punch a hole in no ones ass with dat lind of techniques dat fa shure... analog synths and drum machines was rinced aswell, and i love gfunk or booty bass, but we in 2025, get pigment, or phaseplant, or the new synclavier regen and learn sound design technology, learn basic chord charts and techniques to get your basic triads expanded, watch vids about those two topics, and in a couple of years, you will eventually be making stuff that is you for real. No secret, making it happen and being part of the history is gonna need work, work and more work. you are not gonna make it happen by doing something that has been done a million times, equipe yourself with skills. same for communication, it'z not gonna explode from the blue, no plateform will do nothing for you, you need to catch attention.... Be creative, be original, make your own shit that no one did b4, and you might, with good luck, catch a crowds attention. Take a couple years to learn you skills
The reason I stopped is because you have to basically give it away for free since it would take a lot to clear the sample
New sub! Question for you. Looks like you’ve got a lotta gear to make your music. What all would you say is needed, at a minimum, to get started making music? Hardware & software.
Thanks! As far as gear goes, at a minimum you would need a computer and a DAW (some are actually free) but if I had to pick 3 things besides that, I'd go with an audio interface, decent headphones, and maybe a small controller, like an mpk mini. I'll be making a video about this pretty soon!
@@DaddysWorking , thank you.
Start small and simple and just learn the hell out of whatever gear you have. Your ideas and creativity will always be your greatest weapon.............. Having a room full of vintage analogue gear and $10ks worth of plug-ins won't make you a good musician........ It's really easy to get 'addicted' to new toys, but unless you spend time with them it's just a waste of money.
@@airfixx_8952 , Thank you.
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Michaels? What are you doing in Michaels?
I be in there with my wife 😂
Yes I mean the same.
98% of my beats from scratch i want to learn more about sampling
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Well technically everything in these Daw’s and vst’s are sampled instruments
I get your point and intention though
Background music for your intro is loud. Thank you
I sample my own music.
Yeah Let’s Get This Channel Up Some followers!
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This is probably what you're looking for:
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If you’re throwing a loop down and slapping drums on top of it then yea don’t sample. There are so many ways to chop samples and re arrange samples. If you’re grabbing a loop and not doing anything to it then slapping drums on it then stop.
Sample yourself.. i like the chop feel sometimes..
Sounds like a „quit cr0n video“ 😅 I guess he means loops and layers. Bc: why should one not use single processed drum hit samples like from samples from mars?
😂 there are limitless creative routes to take
you mean you're wanting to stop using loops. that groovebox and that piano program are both sampled.
I'm really just hoping this inspires new producers and beatmakers to explore other creative options besides the current endemic of microwaved loop-based beats. It's good to expand the workflow, and since the kids like to use loops and samples interchangeably, this is definitely for them. If you wanna see me sample fr, check this out: ruclips.net/video/pb5JUoSQBu0/видео.html
drum kits in maschine are samples !!!!!!!
tf do loops have to do with sampling. my noob radar is buzzin
You're kind of highlighting my point here. I made sure to protect the actual art form of chopping and sampling. A lot of beginners develop a very microwaved sound because of the lack of creativity that "sample" packs perpetuate. I used to have the wrong mindset towards it, and didn't understand the value in what real sampling actually is. I made music for years, chopping my own samples and playing my own instruments before I came across loops, which made everything way too easy and resulted in that same lack of originality. Loops are great for beginners and a great way to start learning how to sample and manipulate audio as long as they don't get stuck using loop packs forever. I hope this video helps some people see a way out of that loop (no pun intended 😂)
Why is the music so loud while you're talking, turn that ish down.
bro who tf is you to stop people from sampling pfft lmao thisll be frowned upon later on
If you know what you're doing and what you like, sampling is a great creative medium. This video should serve to inspire especially new producers to change up their workflow and try new things so they don't perpetuate the endemic wave of microwaved beats created from ran-through splice loops. They call it sampling, so used loops and samples interchangeably, understanding that real sampling is an art form in and if itself. I'm personally a huge fan of sampling, and agree that it's one of the best ways to make beats. Sometimes just need to take a lil break from the usual and expand the creative process.
i think you're projecting bro.
maybe stop using samples that's available to everyone from splice and places like that. Start digging deep and find obscure samples from records, tapes, old vhs, video games etc and getting creative with them.
You mean like this? ruclips.net/video/pb5JUoSQBu0/видео.htmlsi=swnzi9K0sDPnj0Dw
Nice video
Music to loud
How about turning that beat down instead of all this bs yapping? How about that?
No need to get aggressive 😅
lmao what you smoking? Sampling is hiphop just be creative with chopping. You can't beat that grimey abstract boom bap sound!
You mean like this?
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I don't think you understood the video, OP.
@@DaddysWorking That's more like it young blood., look up Godfather Don' and all will be explained , keep doing what you do!
Bruh, hip hop was literally founded on sampling and most ppl (non musicians) love sampled beats. You can't tell people HOW to be creative. Pointless video
If you know what you're doing and what you like, sampling is a great creative medium. This video should serve to inspire especially new producers to change up their workflow and try new things so they don't perpetuate the endemic wave of microwaved beats created from ran-through splice loops. They call it sampling, so I used loops and samples interchangeably, understanding that real sampling is an art form in and if itself.
Hey can you master my tracks for me
@Spixykeys Depending on the project, i can work with you and see if you like the sound. Hit me up!
@@DaddysWorking Thank you man, looking forward to working with you
all youre doing is reflecting my boy i hate i was forced to see this goofy ah shit but happy enppugh to tell you this aint it bruh
This is the video you want 😁 ruclips.net/video/pb5JUoSQBu0/видео.html&si=QZ9381rCgxLCgN0L
LOL! those sounds are samples.Everything you are doing in this VID samples! Grab a real instrument now thats original!
890 subs lmfao😂😂😂😂😂 who gives af about your opinion
At least 890 people, so I guess I'll keep trying my best ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
why you should question stop using samples.. maybe you just not creative enough chopping samples and thats not the idea making samples by using loops... well i think you are confused yourself like some other people who just use loops and say they made a beat ....
i opened the video with the idea you was going to use some analog instruments hahhahaha
But you come with this bullshit talk about that you shouldnt using "samples"loops and shows that yourself didnt put in enough time trying to be creative.... you need to put in time to different yourself from others to be a better artist....
Well said, you summed up my points about sample manipulation and creativity almost perfectly!
@@DaddysWorking - Bro, most of these peeps acting all triggered didn't understand the video......... Forget them man, your message was healthy.
If you’re throwing a loop down and slapping drums on top of it then yea don’t sample. There are so many ways to chop samples and re arrange samples. If you’re grabbing a loop and not doing anything to it then slapping drums on it then stop.